Hemet Fire Department

Area Served[]

The Hemet Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Hemet, formerly known as South San Jacinto, located in the San Jacinto Valley, in western Riverside County, Southern California, 80 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Hemet takes its name from the Lake Hemet Land Company. Incorporated as a city in January 1910, Hemet encompasses an area covering 29.3 square miles, including the Hemet-Ryan Airport, owned by Riverside County, and a main CAL FIRE Air Attack base, and the 5,000-seat Ramona Bowl amphitheater, and serves a population of approximately 90,436 inhabitants. The city is bordered by the City of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Mountains to the north, by the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians federal tribe to the northeast, by the unincorporated communities of Valle Vista and East Hemet to the east, by Polly Butte Mountain, as well as the man-made Diamond Valley Lake to the south, by the unincorporated community of Winchester to the southwest, and by the unincorporated communities of Green Acres, Homeland, and Juniper Springs to the west.

Mutual Aid[]

The Hemet Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Riverside County Fire Department, the CAL FIRE Riverside Unit

Department Profile[]

The Hemet Fire Department is budgeted for 54 sworn employees and 18 non-sworn support/administrative staff, and has a daily staffing of 20 firefighters. The department's management team consists of a fire chief, a division chief, a chief building official/deputy fire marshal, three battalion chiefs, an administrative assistant, and a management analyst. Its resources include five fire stations, an administrative building, a fire training center, and eight front-line emergency apparatus. These are comprised of five medic/ALS engine companies, one aerial truck company, one ALS medic squad, and one battalion chief vehicle, working a 48/96 schedule (two consecutive 24-hour shifts, followed by four consecutive days off). Hemet Fire cross staffs a Type 3 wildland engine, an OES Type 1 engine, an OES Type 3 wildland unit, a medic unit, a hazardous materials response squad/trailer, an air bottle refill trailer, and two utility vehicles. Each engine is staffed with a fire captain, fire engineer and paramedic/firefighter. Ambulance transport services are provided under contract by American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR). Hemet Fire responds to over 14,000 calls for emergency services each year.

California Task Force 6[]

The Hemet Fire Department is a member agency of California Task Force 6 (CA TF-6)

History[]

The Hemet Fire Department was founded on July 29, 1908 as a volunteer organization, consisting of 12 firemen, a two-wheeled hose cart, nozzles, buckets, axes, two fire extinguishers, and a 30-foot extension ladder.

Fire Stations[]

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
Administration	510 East Florida Avenue	2003-Present	Former Hemet Public Library
1	northwest corner of Front Street and Florida Avenue	1908 -	Closed and demolished

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Shop numbers in brackets after unit assignment.
California license plate denoted by CA#.

Fire Administration / Department of Life Safety Agency / EOC - 510 East Florida Avenue[]

Dedicated 2003

Fire Station 1 - 220 North Juanita Street[]

Engine 1 (ALS) - 2021 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/30A/30B) (SN#GSO11351)
Utility 1 - 2019 Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4x4 w/ canopy walk-around rescue (CA#1564976)
Squad 1 (Hazmat) (3231) - 2000 Ford F-550 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / KME w/ TA walk-in cargo trailer
Battalion 1 (3401) - 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 (CA#1382696) (VIN#1GNSKFEC0GR252210)
Air trailer - TA trailer

Fire Station 2 - 895 West Stetson Avenue[]

Engine 2 (AL) - 2016 E-One Cyclone II (1500/500/30A) (SO#140024)
Medic 2 (Reserve) - Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
Cal OES 6102 - 2008 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 Model 18 (1250/850/20F) (SN#21345) (CA#1276919) (VIN#44KFT42848WZ21345) (Ex-OES 352)
Cal OES 6611 (6031) - 2020 Ford F-550 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox AF622 Type 6 wildland (500pto,180aux/280/20A) (SN#23407 to 23480) (CA#1616856) (VIN#1FD0W5HT1LED22868)

Fire Station 3 - 4110 West Devonshire Avenue[]

Engine 3 (ALS) - 2016 E-One Cyclone II (1500/500/30A) (SO#140023)
Brush 303 - 2013 International 7400 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Type 3 (500/500/20F) (CA#1409101) (VIN#1HTWEAZRXDJ085984) (Ex-Brush 1)

Fire Station 4 - 1035 South Cawston Avenue / Training Tower[]

Engine 4 (ALS) - 2002 KME Excel (1500/500/20A)
Truck 4 - 2007 KME Predator Severe Service (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (CA#1244713) (Ex-Truck 1)
Medic Patrol 4 - 2025 Ford F-550 4x4 / BME Ponderosa Type 6 wildland
Utility 4 - Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4x4 w/ canopy walk-around rescue

Fire Station 5 - 120 North Hemet Street[]

Engine 5 (ALS) - 1997 KME Excel (1250/500/20A)
Squad 5 (ALS) (3230) - 2000 Ford F-550 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / KME walk-around rescue (SN#GSO4525)
Antique - 1929 American LaFrance (Ex-Engine 2)